“Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther… you've come to the end of things…”

“Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.”

Susan Beth Pfeffer book Life As We Knew It

“I would say the main thing in any young kid's life is education. Even if a guy is prejudiced, he can be educated to understand why he is prejudiced. Education plays a great role in all life, whether you're black or white. You've got to go to high school, you've got to go to college. When you come out of college or high school, you can play sports. If you ever get hurt, they can't take that brain away from you, you've got that.”

Willie Mays (1931) Baseball player

“When you've tasted power or true leadership, you can't wish to go back from being a follower once again.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“I shouldn't precisely have chosen madness if there had been any choice, but once such a thing has taken hold of you, you can't very well get out of it.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

“Go and do the things you can't. That is how you get to do them.”

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

“After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. You can't go backwards and regain your ignorance; you have to move forward.”

Zeena Schreck (1963) Tantric Buddhist/Sethian

“Work, spirituality, family, friendships, health--you can't ignore any of them or it'll get you in the end.”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

“You go to Heaven once you've been to Hell”

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter

“You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.”

Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire